[boost] Re: [Test library] wide_string test and wputenv

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-24 14:39:24

"Gennadiy Rozental" <gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> This is part of a much larger problem... a quick count in the regression 
>> tests shows about 300 failures coming from the test library. Most of these 
>> are on compilers we usually consider rather broken, but we need someone to 
>> look at these failures and either fix them or mark them.
>
> Actually majority of the failures comes from tests for the features that did 
> not get into Boost.Test. They could be disabled for now. I will do that 
> tonight.

It would be nice if the Boost.Test library maintainer could avoid
things that cause needless failures to appear in the tests during a
release.  I think we've seen multiple times that this at least causes
Bost developers and release managers distress when it happens, and
results in time wasted.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com